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A Survey of Campaign Finance and Lobbying Laws in the 50 States, District of Columbia, New York City, and Seattle
March 19, 2019  •  By Eric Wang  •    •  , , , ,

The Institute for Free Speech (“IFS”) has reviewed the laws in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, New York City, and Seattle regulating speech about government to determine how much of a regulatory burden each jurisdiction imposes on this core First Amendment activity. The following analysis examines each state’s laws according to 12 major issues (several of which are comprised of multiple sub-issues) that are regulated under this area.

Round-Up: Commentary on Congressman’s Doxxing of Trump Supporters
August 7, 2019  •  By Alex Baiocco  •  

On August 6, Congressman Joaquin Castro publicly exposed on Twitter the names and employers of private citizens who donated to the re-election campaign of ...

Statement on Doxxing of Trump Donors by Congressman Castro
August 7, 2019  •  By IFS Staff  •  ,

The Institute for Free Speech released the following statement in response to yesterday's tweet by Congressman Joaquin Castro exposing Americans who donated to President ...

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Calzone v. Missouri Ethics Commission

Can a state government fine you simply for talking to state legislators? That is the question at the center of Calzone v. Missouri Ethics Commission. In August 2016, the Center for Competitive Politics (now the Institute for Free Speech) took the case of Ron Calzone, a citizen activist in the state of Missouri. Some legislators and lobbyists in the state...

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